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Alcohol use in Ireland – can we hold our drink?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Henry O'Connell ,
Ai-vyrn Chin  and
Brian A Lawlor
Henry O'Connell
Affiliation:
Mercer's Institute for Research on Ageing, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
Ai-vyrn Chin
Affiliation:
Mercer's Institute for Research on Ageing, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
Brian A Lawlor
Affiliation:
Mercer's Institute for Research on Ageing, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , December 2003 , pp. 109 - 110
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